The Ghost Lake by Wendy Pratt
In our modern definitions, boundaries and diagnoses may give us a sense of identity, however Wendy explores the complex fluidity of the lines that we draw between the natural world and human world as well as the past and the present.
Following a life of feeling chronically “odd”, a working class background and the life shattering grief of the death of her daughter, Wendy looks for her place in the Yorkshire landscape. She reminisces on her rural childhood, walks the places that have marked pivotal points in her life and discovers the ancient history and archaeological stories of a local sunken lake. Time had buried the evidence of prehistoric people who lived there, existing as part of the world rather than as mere observers of it. Now, Wendy’s writing crosses this line in a way that is captivating as well as deeply moving.
Location: Wickwar